# Westbound Equity Partners: portfolio, investments and team

> Westbound Equity Partners is a vc firm based in United States. 4 investments on record, 2 in the last 12 months, latest Jan 2026.

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# Westbound Equity Partners

Last cheque observed Jan 2026; 4 cheques on record.

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VC firm Deploying now New fund, Dec 2025

Seed Series A Series B Fintech Climate HR

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Deploying now

**50%** of best year **2** **cheques in 12 months**, 4 on record

Since the last cheque **289** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.7M** Rounds led **2 of 4**

Pitch Westbound Equity Partners

## Westbound Equity Partners highlights

- 01 2 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series C: 100% of its rounds
- 03 Led 2 rounds

## What they do

> At Westbound, we invest financial and social capital into exceptional ventures led by visionary, values-aligned teams. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm
- **Cheque size:** Not stated
- **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth
- **Sectors:** Fintech Climate HR
- **Based in:** Menlo Park, United States
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **4 appearances**

- **2026** 1 round
- **Jan** **[Another](https://millionrounds.com/company/another)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$2.5M** *Led*
- **2025** 3 rounds
- **Dec** **[Esusu](https://millionrounds.com/company/esusu)** Series C · US · TechStartups **$50M** *Led*
- **Aug** **[Welcome Tech](https://millionrounds.com/company/welcome-tech)** US · TechStartups **$7.5M** With 9 others
- **Aug** **[Lava Payments](https://millionrounds.com/company/lava-payments)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$5.8M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **2 named**

IM **Ian Miles Beadle** Vice President and Chief Operating Officer i Form ADV

SM **Sean Manchi Mendy** President of the Issuer's Sole Member i Filing they signed

We also hold **4** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**$146M** assets it manages Oct 2026

**Registered** investment adviser full reporting to the SEC

- **Legal name:** Westbound Equity Management, LLC
- **SEC number:** CRD 306955

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**26** of 44 we have independently watched raise

[Carecar](https://millionrounds.com/company/carecar)[Edlyft](https://millionrounds.com/company/edlyft)[Esusurent](https://millionrounds.com/company/esusu)[Figma](https://millionrounds.com/company/figma)[Hmbradley](https://millionrounds.com/company/hmbradley)[Interviewing](https://millionrounds.com/company/interviewing-io)[Intro](https://millionrounds.com/company/intro)[Intuscare](https://millionrounds.com/company/intus-care)[Laborup](https://millionrounds.com/company/laborup)[Lyracollective](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyra-collective)[Manasai](https://millionrounds.com/company/manas-ai)[Mazlo](https://millionrounds.com/company/mazlo)[Monami](https://millionrounds.com/company/mon-ami)[Nestment](https://millionrounds.com/company/nestment)[Planetfwd](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet-fwd)[Praxislabs](https://millionrounds.com/company/praxis-labs)[Rheaply](https://millionrounds.com/company/rheaply)[Ridwell](https://millionrounds.com/company/ridwell)[Shappi](https://millionrounds.com/company/shappi)[Sierra](https://millionrounds.com/company/sierra)[Sora](https://millionrounds.com/company/sora)[Synd](https://millionrounds.com/company/syndio)[Tappi](https://millionrounds.com/company/tappi)[Testgorilla](https://millionrounds.com/company/testgorilla)[Traveljoy](https://millionrounds.com/company/traveljoy)[Upside](https://millionrounds.com/company/upside) Adyn Alterion Bayfc Edconnective Empatspeech Encantosworld Getconduit Getjuice Goserv Itsovertime Joinpaladin Mygoodtrust Phenomenalmedia Plateaumed Shipshap Snoots Thebrowser Weir

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**Raised**

a new fund in Dec 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Seed Series A Series B

Median round joined **$6.7M** the round, not its cheque

Led 2 of 4 rounds **50%**

- **Sole investor:** Never alone
- **Last cheque:** Jan 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *2*
- Series C *1*
- Series A said *-*
- Series B said *-*
- Growth said *-*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

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## Recently backed

The latest companies Westbound Equity Partners put money into.

[**Another** $2.5M · Jan 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/another)[**Esusu** $50M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/esusu)[**Welcome Tech** $7.5M · Aug 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/welcome-tech)

## Quick answers about Westbound Equity Partners

### What does Westbound Equity Partners invest in?

Westbound Equity Partners invests most often at Seed and Series C (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Fintech, Climate and HR.

### How active is Westbound Equity Partners?

4 investments on record, 2 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Jan 2026.

### What has Westbound Equity Partners invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Another (Seed, Jan 2026), Esusu (Series C, Dec 2025) and Welcome Tech (Aug 2025).

### How big are Westbound Equity Partners's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.7M.

### Is Westbound Equity Partners investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 2 investments in the last 12 months.

### What kind of investor is Westbound Equity Partners?

Westbound Equity Partners is a VC firm based in Menlo Park, United States.

### How much does Westbound Equity Partners manage?

About $146M, as regulatory assets under management (Oct 2026).

### Has Westbound Equity Partners raised a new fund?

Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Dec 2025.

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